'Why not indeed?' said she, and so she determined to marry if she could find a husband who knew what to say when he was spoken to, and not one who could only look grand, for that was so tiresome.
— from Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen by H. C. (Hans Christian) Andersen

The Moon is so called from the Greek φοῖβος , ‘shining,’ and as being the sister of Phœbus, Apollo, or the Sun.
— from The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII by Ovid

More recently, at certain solemn occasions, as the very learned A. Weber remarks, at the solemnity, for example of the Aśvamedha or sacrifice of the horse, the praises of the king who ordained the great rite were sung by bards and minstrels in songs composed for the purpose, the memories of past times were recalled and honourable mention was made of the just and pious kings of old.
— from The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Valmiki

over the queen's grave there appeared, mounted upon a wooden horse, the giant Malambruno, Maguncia's first cousin, who besides being cruel is an enchanter; and he, to revenge the death of his cousin, punish the audacity of Don Clavijo, and in wrath at the contumacy of Antonomasia, left them both enchanted by his art on the grave itself; she being changed into an ape of brass, and he into a horrible crocodile of some unknown metal; while between the two there stands a pillar, also of metal, with certain characters in the Syriac language inscribed upon it, which, being translated into Kandian, and now into Castilian, contain the following sentence: 'These two rash lovers shall not recover their former shape until the valiant Manchegan comes to do battle with me in single combat; for the Fates reserve this unexampled adventure for his mighty valour alone.'
— from Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

Moreover, it seems certain from a comparison of northern and southern races that we become stronger by bearing extreme cold rather than excessive heat.
— from Emile by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

The dearth of written material is somewhat compensated for by the collections of hand tools in American museums and restorations, notably those at Williamsburg, Cooperstown, Old Sturbridge Village, Winterthur, the Henry Ford Museum, and Shelburne; at the latter in particular the extensive collection has been bolstered by Frank H. Wildung's museum pamphlet, "Woodworking Tools at Shelburne Museum.
— from Woodworking Tools 1600-1900 by Peter C. Welsh

[conscience stricken] You might go on to point out that I myself never asked where the money I spent came from.
— from Mrs. Warren's Profession by Bernard Shaw

no—if Charles has done nothing false or mean, I shall compound for his extravagance.
— from The School for Scandal by Richard Brinsley Sheridan

'I have always been so, sir; and can claim no merit in such conduct, for I have had nothing to conceal.'
— from The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Ward Radcliffe

In each lamp several candles were mounted, in some cases four; but the lamps in the Place de l’Opéra held twelve.
— from Discoveries and Inventions of the Nineteenth Century by Robert Routledge

Were my days to be wasted in this cheerless gloom; a galley-slave in the hands of the system of nature, whom death only, the death of myself or my inexorable superior, could free?
— from Caleb Williams; Or, Things as They Are by William Godwin

Behind us now was the turmoil of war—thousands and scores of thousands of men moving in steady columns forward and backward in the queer, tangled way which during a great battle seems to have no purpose or meaning, except to the directing brains on the Headquarters Staff, and, sometimes in history, none to them.
— from Now It Can Be Told by Philip Gibbs

Prisoners are arrested because of the dollar and, shame to say, are frequently kept in captivity for months in steel cages for no other reason than the almighty dollar.
— from Negro Migration during the War by Emmett J. (Emmett Jay) Scott

n, the gentlemen that frequent the 'Barley Mow' in Salisbury Court, Fleet Street, have entered into a voluntary subscription, in the hope that so laudable an example will soon be extended into every part of His Majesty's dominions.
— from Grace Darling, Heroine of the Farne Islands by Marianne Farningham

It is therefore, Sir, an indictable offence, at this moment, in South Carolina, for any person to be concerned in collecting revenue under the laws of the United States.
— from The Great Speeches and Orations of Daniel Webster With an Essay on Daniel Webster as a Master of English Style by Edwin Percy Whipple

It had to be accepted, and, according to the laws of chivalry, the challenger had to meet in single combat five champions, one after another, for he had insulted, not a single man, but a community.
— from The Cathedrals of Northern Spain Their History and Their Architecture; Together with Much of Interest Concerning the Bishops, Rulers and Other Personages Identified with Them by Charles Rudy

Job 23:10 — “ He knoweth the way that is mine, ” or “ the way that is with me, ” i. e. , my inmost way, life, character; “ When he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold. ”
— from Systematic Theology (Volume 2 of 3) by Augustus Hopkins Strong

Ninian might invite some chap from Cambridge to Boveyhayne....
— from Changing Winds A Novel by St. John G. (St. John Greer) Ervine